If you've ever seen the intended sleeve art for Beggar's Banquet, (the grafitti one, not the one that's actually on the old albums) you may suspect the song was in essence about spouting off a lot of shocking stuff like a spoiled child, in order to get some attention. I always thought of Mick Jagger as a sort of broken-clock-genious; dead on twice a day, a little off all the rest of the time. Prior to Beggar's Banquet, Their Satanic Majesties' Request was released. I get the impression when I listen to it that they owed the record label an album they weren't quite ready to do, got into some really bad acid, regurgitated a lot of muck that resembled music in many ways, and laughed all the way to the bank.

Always thought that Parachute Woman was a better song.

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